thanks dean you cracked it. i can reproduce it by launching epiphany by clicking a thunderbird https link. if epiphany is aready running theen it work fine.
-- epiphany complaining “wiki.ubuntu.com” requires an encrypted connection https://launchpad.net/bugs/67148 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
